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Re:Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities by carabiner on Monday July 24, 2023 @05:44PM (#36854645)
Would add:

* For dicts, learn .setdefault() vs. .get() vs. defaultdict()

* .sort(key=sortingkey)

* itertools groupby, chain

* map, filter, reduce

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Re:Python: Uncovering the Overlooked Core Functionalities by erikvdven on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @05:59PM (#36870200)
Perhaps for another article? :) But thanks, definitely a nice list! My purpose for now was to keep the article 'digestible' as well.
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